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Employee Retention
It matters if you are playing to win.
By Brigitta Glick, SPHR
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OU HAVE CREATED your dream
team — finally. You are scoring runs and winning games;
players are getting along;
and you see a real future. Then, out
of nowhere, your shortstop decides to
become a free agent and signs with your
rival, and your catcher decides he wants
to travel the world. Really?
This same scenario plays every single
day in practices across the globe. A
physician's office finally has the right
people in the right jobs doing the right
things — and an employee decides to
pack up and move to greener pastures.
Everyone is a free agent in the game of
business, and retention is paramount for
any practice to be successful.
Develop a Staff-Retention
Game Plan
One size does not fit all when it
comes to staff retention strategies,
but keeping an open mind to various
combinations that will motivate your
team to invest their time and talent in
your practice pays off big time. Here are
a few proven strategies:
+ Your employees work for you, not
for the practice. You shape the work
environment, and you can make it
one worth staying at — or one worth
quitting. It is essential to provide staff
a culture of trust and transparency,
one that is productive, professional
and enjoyable.
+ Satisfied employees know what is
expected of them at work each day.
They own their roles and sense how
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